Amidst a gentle Saturday snowfall, I decided to go shopping. A new Cabela’s store just opened about a 30 min. drive away. I’ve been a mail order customer for some time. They have good and cheap fishing equipment. The store was mobbed. Surprisingly, they had a decent fly fishing section. I picked up a few
Author: Jo Tango
And, the $1 Million Turing Award Goes to….
I just got off the phone with Mike Stonebraker. It was a very special and somewhat emotional conversation. You see, it was just announced that Mike has won the $1 Million Turing Award. It is the “Nobel Peace Prize of Computing.” Every year, for about ten years, Mike has been nominated for the prize and
Income by Myers-Briggs Type
For fun, I periodically Google my Myers-Briggs type. Yes, I need a life. I’m a big fan of the test, as it helps name people’s style preferences, and I’ve found it to be pretty accurate both in work and home settings (all of my blog posts on Myers-Briggs here). So, I found this article very interesting.
The Founder of a Nation
They say power corrupts. I’ve seen it. I saw people change, as money came down from the skies in the Web 1.0 rising tide of 1998 to 2000. We’ve read about it. There are too many third world leaders who proceed to rob their countries blind, storing billions of dollars in off-shore accounts. I’m mindful
Foodie Post: Easy Way to Cook Fish
At the grocery store, they featured wild salmon today. Yum. I don’t know where I read about this way of cooking fish, but it results in very tender and moist fish every time. Here’s what I do. Take a frying pan Set the heat to between medium and low Add olive oil Put salmon skin
A Saturday’s Worth of Fly Fishing
I woke up at 3.30 am today. Drove to a river. Fished all day, and ate lunch standing up in the river. Drove back. Arrived home at 8.30 pm. I had a blast. The sun felt warmer today, and there were more bugs emerging, which is good for the trout and is a clear sign that spring